And most people probably didn’t need a pollster to tell them this, but young people are happier than older people. Fifty-four percent of 18-34-year-olds said the state was headed in the right direction compared to 34 percent who didn’t. For people 35 and over that number was almost reversed (32-56).

Not surprisingly in this recession 51 percent of the people queried said the economy and jobs were the number one issues facing Washington, followed by high taxes (9 percent) and education/public schools (8 percent).

The survey of 500 voters was conducted April 4-5 and has a margin of error of 4 percent.